Such a Beautiful Sound (2 LP on 1 CD) + Extra Tracks
  • Savoy MG12053
    Savoy MG12053
  • Savoy MG12073
    Savoy MG12073
  • Savoy MG12063
    Savoy MG12063
  • BCP 1011
    BCP 1011
  • Joe Wilder
    Joe Wilder

Joe Wilder

Such a Beautiful Sound (2 LP on 1 CD) + Extra Tracks

Fresh Sound Records

Personnel:
Joe Wilder (tp), Pete Brown (as), Hank Jones, Wade Legge (p), Wally Richardson (g), Wendell Marshall, Gene Ramey (b), Kenny Clarke, Rudy Collins (d)

Reference: FSRCD 812

Bar code: 8427328608121

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In 1953, Joe Wilder (Colwyn, Pennsylvania 1922), an ex-Basie-ite trumpeter with extensive big band experience, settled in New York to play for pit bands, TV, and to do studio recording work. Wilders reputation as a valuable sideman became increasingly impressive, more so with each new appearance on record, and for good reason.

On the opening session of this set recorded in November 1955 Wilder is guested on two standards with the superb trio of Hank Jones, Wendell Marshall and Kenny Clarke, the Savoy labels house rhythm section.

They proved an ideal support for Wilders delightfully musical sensibility, something triumphantly confirmed a few weeks later when they backed Wilder on his own solo debut album, "N Wilder..." a wonderfully individual session on which he displays the rare combination of flowing, singing lines and drive, strength and swing. Mature and impressive at any tempo, Wilders beautiful, big-toned sound, and fresh, creative conception shines especially on ballads.

On the last date, we find the trumpeter back in the fall of 1954, when he played as a sideman of a sextet headed by Pete Brown, an unjustly neglected, tastefully jumping alto saxophonist, who made his leader debut on record for Bethlehem with the 10-inch album "Peter the Great." On a well-chosen programme of standards and blues, both hornmen display a skilled range of ability at an easy, conversational level, well supported by a good rhythm section featuring brief but excellent contributions by guitarist Wally Richardson, and Wade Legge, Dizzy Gillespies pianist.

At a time when many styles were blurring into each other, Wilder was maturely his own man, with such a beautiful sound. Still active in 2013 he is a true living legend of the trumpet.



01. How High the Moon (Wilder's Moon) (Hamilton-Lewis) 6:03 *
02. I Think of You with Every Breath I Take (Rainger-Robin) 6:23 *
03. Cherokee (Ray Noble) 10:40
04. Prelude to a Kiss (Ellington-Gordon-Mills) 5:02
05. My Heart Stood Still (Rodgers-Hart) 4:28
06. Six Bit Blues (Ozzie Cadena) 8:24
07. Mad About the Boy (Noel Coward) 4:29
08. Darn That Dream (Jimmy Van Heusen) 4:59
09. The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise (Seitz-Lockhart) 2:49
10. There Will Never Be Another You (Warren-Gordon) 2:39
11. Moonlight in Vermont (Suessdorf-Blackburn) 2:45
12. I Can't Believe That You're In Love with Me (McHugh-Gaskill) 3:14
13. Used Blues (Pete Brown) 4:00
14. Tea for Two (Youmans-Caesar) 2:59
15. Delta Blues (Pete Brown) 4:53

Album details

(*) Extra Tracks

Sources:
Track #1, taken from the 12" LP "The Hank Jones Trio Bluebird" (Savoy MG12053)
Track #2, taken from the 12" LP "Various Artists Night People" (Savoy MG12073)
Tracks #3-8, originally issued on the 12" LP "Joe Wilder - N Wilder..." (Savoy MG12063)
Tracks #9-15, originally issued on the 10" LP "Pete Brown Sextet - Peter the Great" (Bethlehem BCP 1011)

Personnel on #1 & 2: HANK JONES TRIO featuring JOE WILDER
Joe Wilder, trumpet; Hank Jones, piano; Wendell Marshall, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums.
Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey, on November 29, 1955

Personnel on #3-8: JOE WILDER QUARTET
Same personnel as Hank Jones Quartet
Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey, on January 19, 1956

Personnel on #9-15: PETE BROWN SEXTET
Joe Wilder, trumpet; Pete Brown, alto sax; Wade Legge, piano; Wally Richardson, guitar; Gene Ramey, bass; Rudy Collins, drums
Recorded in New York City, on November 16, 1954

Recording Engineers: Rudy Van Gelder (#1-8) and Tom Dowd (#9-15)

Original sessions produced by Ozzie Cadena (#1-8) and Creed Taylor (#9-15)
This compilation produced for CD release by Jordi Pujol
© 2013 by Fresh Sound Records

Hi Fi · 24-Bit Digitally Remastered
Blue Moon Producciones Discograficas, S.L.

Press reviews

"Yes, it is a beautiful sound, and the playing technically faultless in every possible way. Its no wonder other musicians, trumpet players especially, speak of Joe Wilder in hushed tones. He doesnt show off; he has no need to. Very occasionally he decorates an otherwise sedate line with a little flurry of demi-semiquavers, each note a perfect, minute pin-prick, but mostly he just plays calmly on with that pellucid tone gently doing its stuff. With Hank Jones (his lifelong friend) on piano, you have guaranteed perfection in all departments.

So why am not quite as overwhelmed as I should be? It bothers me. I think of other gentle players Art Farmer, Joe Gordon, Tony Fruscella, Bobby Hackett and the only thing that comes to mind is that, compared with them, Wilder seems slightly disengaged. I sometimes have the same feeling about Benny Carter. Hes so super-good, so on top of the job, that it puts a distance between him and the material. But that cant be the whole story. Think of other super-good players, such as Clifford Brown or Stan Getz or Benny Goodman. Nothing dégagé about any of them. I cant account for it, but neither can I ignore it, so I shall set it aside to worry about later.

But only a very good and interesting player, of Joe Wilders stature, is worth worrying about. There are some lovely pieces here, in particular My Heart Stood Still and Darn That Dream, both of which are utterly charming.

The first two tracks are billed as by the Hank Jones Trio with Joe Wilder, tracks 3 to 8 have the same personnel (the trio was the Savoy house rhythm section at the time) and originally came out as an LP, under the title Wilder n Wilder. Tracks 9 to 15 are by the Pete Brown Sextet and they havent aged particularly well, but Wilder is his usual immaculate self.

Joe Wilder is still with us and, as far as I know, still playing. I am writing this on the day following his 92nd birthday."

—Dave Gelly (April, 2014)
Jazz Journal

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